Learn To Create Butterfly Gardens In Ocean City

OCEAN CITY, NJ — You can beautify your garden while attracting important pollinators with your own butterfly garden - and the Ocean City Environmental Commission will show you how, for free.

The 90-minute program will show you how – by using an environmentally friendly holistic approach called the "Web of Life" – you can create and maintain your very own "Butterfly Garden of Eden." The free program will be 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6 at the Chris Maloney Lecture Hall within the Ocean City Free Public Library at 1735 Simpson Ave.

The approach takes into account the entire scope of what it takes to "make a butterfly." Speakers will share how they used the "Web of Life" approach to plant and maintain their very own butterfly garden that supports the entire biome of butterflies.

Under this method, in addition to planting flowering varieties native to the Jersey Shore that attract butterflies for nectar, you also need to support the development of healthy caterpillars from which those butterflies emerge. The approach also emphasizes the need to also protect those caterpillars and butterflies by avoiding the use of pesticides.

The presenters, Bob and Carol Marceluk, will guide you through aspects you might consider, including recommending resources to help you decide what to plant and how to care for those plants.

You can also join the program via Zoom and register in advance to receive login links: https://us02web.zoom.us/webina...